The Ancient Wyverian prophet knows a lot, but there is not much he can do, and what he is proficient in is only alchemy and the forging of some ancient apparatus.
This is also something that cannot be helped; after all, at that time the entire group had only a little over 20 people left, and if they wanted to survive in this kind of environment relying on so few people, they could only focus on providing real-time combat power.
The forging of ancient apparatus, in the view of the Ancient Wyverian prophet, belongs to a kind of forbidden knowledge; after all, these devices were invented with the goal of confronting or even hunting Elder Dragons.
It is one thing if this tiny number of them has mastered it; in any case, it is impossible for them to manufacture on a large scale by themselves.
But if it were to spread to the other continent and speed up the exploration of ancient technology, it is not guaranteed that there might not be another great extinction of civilization.
Therefore, the only thing that can be brought out is the alchemy of the Ancient Wyverians.
This kind of alchemy originated with the ancient dragon-hunting corps, and afterward was opened to the populace.
The Ancient Wyverian prophet believes that so long as the Research Commission's side will still have friction with monsters, or the Old World side will still have friction with monsters, then the things made by this kind of alchemy will never become outdated.
Then as long as the Ancient arts of this kind of technique are mastered, there will truly be a guarantee for deep exchange with the other side.
What is more, based on his research over these several hundred years, the alchemy of the Ancient Wyverians has basically been fully understood by him; even if placed back in that era of such a brilliant civilization, he would probably also be a grandmaster of alchemy.
Therefore, with the principles of this kind of alchemy understood, although at present it can only be used on equipment forged by humans, one may think that with more research, perhaps in the future it can be applied to the Fire Wyvern as well.
It should not be said "perhaps," but rather that it must shift toward this direction.
In the past, the Wyverian race and monsters were merely in a hostile relationship; monsters were simply their source of materials, so naturally no one would have thought along this line.
But things are different now. The Ancient Wyverian prophet was very clear about what the true entity they would face would be once they integrated into the Ancient Tree.
That unknown Elder Dragon capable of controlling the entire Ancient Tree, possessing keen intellect and rich emotions, and the Fire Wyvern group under his command—whose intelligence and sense of kinship had been enhanced through mutation, transforming from chaos and disorder into order—were the true masters of the Ancient Tree.
Therefore, the direction of change for Ancient Wyverian alchemy must ultimately shift toward the Fire Wyvern group.
Moreover, if he succeeded, then he would become the one who pioneered a new branch of alchemy; one could say that as long as civilization did not perish, he would forever exist within the pages of textbooks.
It must be said that this indeed was also a kind of ambition. One might say that every person engaged in academic pursuits, aside from that terrifying thirst for knowledge, advances toward the direction of fame and historical recognition.
As for whether relying solely on Ancient Wyverian alchemy could make his race accepted by the Ancient Tree, in this regard he believed that the "Boss Fire Wyvern," who had developed the Ancient Tree into its present state, would surely not refuse.
Although they had not yet met, the Ancient Wyverian prophet had already developed a certain reverence for Logan. This was both recognition of Logan's existing achievements and a mentality of admiration for strength—or rather, upon hearing the Wyverian girl's description of life atop the Ancient Tree, he came to approve of her view of a safer, more comfortable living environment.
When, in his heart, he had already leaned toward migrating the group to the Ancient Tree, he naturally placed Logan in a higher position.
It must be said that this mentality of admiring strength and adhering to the law of the jungle was also a kind of feral behavioral logic born from the Wyverian group's adaptation to natural ecology after losing civilization as their foundation.
In fact, the current Ancient Wyverian group was no different from the Grimalkynes of old—only possessing greater intelligence and more technology, sufficient moral restraint and thought; they were merely "beasts" struggling to survive in this forest.
They had already been assimilated by this continent for far too long!!
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Time always slips away unawares.
To tell the truth, Logan had never felt his nest this lively.
As if everything had been turned upside down: formerly it was Chameleos constantly provoking Aki, and only after provoking Aki into a blazing fury would it then rely on its invisibility, watching Aki over there in impotent rage.
Sufficient strength was Chameleos's confidence, and it also knew well how to grasp the proper measure, knowing under what circumstances it would not make Logan step in.
But now it was Aki constantly provoking Chameleos; after having sufficient strength, Mother Chameleos began perfectly displaying her punching-bag side. Every time she flew into a rage and bared her teeth, what greeted her was Aki with fire at the corner of her mouth, looking as if she wished she could hurry up and have a fight.
At this moment Aki's whole body of scales shone with golden light. Logan's new trait Multiscale also faintly affected Aki, making her scales increase, and moreover carry a faint dragon-attribute energy.
With dragon-attribute energy and with the Fire Wyvern's own blaze fluid as a fallback, that poison mist of Chameleos that slightly affected nerves was of no use at all to Aki.
The two tiny, sharp protrusions at the corners of her mouth, in Logan's view, were like a pair of little tiger fangs, even faintly a little cute.
After so long, Logan also discovered that the trait Symbiosis seemed able to transmit a portion of his current traits downward in a weakened form.
Only, on the energy pyramid, what each layer's wyvern inherits is not the same; the lower it is on the pyramid, the less it inherits—only some rough changes—whereas like Aki, on the pyramid's second layer, there were already comparatively obvious changes in appearance.
Besides this, as the group grew, the energy-circulation blessing fed back by these Fire Wyverns actually made the speed of Logan's life-energy growth not at all inferior to staying in the Elder's Recess.
What is more, the augmentation brought by the Symbiosis trait was not only this item of life energy; bodily quality and the strength of spirit—these were all things that, in the Elder's Recess, could not be achieved by relying on Bioenergy Crystals.
Such a result nearly made Logan plan to expand his group at all costs; being able to grow stronger while lying down—how simple a way of growth that would be.
But after a round of intracranial climax, Logan also came to his senses: nature would not allow him to do this. Perhaps it would not do anything to him, but it would certainly place certain restrictions on the Ancient Tree Fire Wyvern group, for Logan's alteration via Symbiosis was tantamount to using a new Fire Wyvern group to replace the old Fire Wyvern group.
As for those Fire Wyverns that became stronger because of the Symbiosis trait, it could be said they gained without labor, which violated the basic rule of ecological competition in nature, so this also counted as a kind of helplessness.
Many times, restrained development is the true main theme of growth.
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"It's done, it's done, meow! This batch of food finally ripened before the extreme cold seals the roads, meow!"
As the Felyne dispatched by the Research Commission to the Ancient Tree to be responsible for assisting with planting, it had not slept well a single day during this period. The moment it thought that if these foods could not ripen before the roads were sealed, the Research Commission over there might very likely go hungry, it worried and could not sleep well.
Fortunately, Logan's return not only let the temperature here reach, every day for a period of time, a temperature that could let these plants grow, it even seemed to have a ripening-accelerating effect.
Pinching those heavy wheat ears, this Felyne broke into a broad smile.
The Grimalkynes beside it who were responsible for planting also showed smiling faces at this sight; in their simplicity, they too felt happy for this.
Not to mention that after this batch of food was transported over, they could also get a large payment in return, with which they could trade for many good things, such as clothing and accessories.
With the arrival of civilization, with abundant food and the satisfaction of basic needs, people will naturally pursue some things of the spirit.
All the more since the Fire Wyvern Grimalkynes themselves, because of their extreme worship, pursue all kinds of decorations related to the Fire Wyvern.
For this, Astera even specially set up a workshop dedicated to processing Fire Wyvern scales or Fire Wyvern teeth, supplying Grimalkynes that have a financial system, forming a monetary cycle of circulation.
This also counted as a small method the Research Commission over there specially came up with in order to maintain the cooperative relationship between both sides.
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